Jaldapara
Wildlife Sanctuary (West Bengal) Tropical forest
and grassland; rhino, elephant, rich bird life.
Airport: Bagdogra 155km, Railhead: Madari Hat l
1 km. Season: March - May. Accommodation: Rest
House at Jaldapara.
Similipal
Tiger Reserve (Orissa) Immense Sal forest;
tiger, elephant, leopard, sambar, cheetal,
muntjac and chevrotain. Airport: Bhubaneshwar
310km. Railhead: Baripada 50km. Season:
November- June. Accommodation: Several Tourist
Rest Houses in the vicinity.
South India
Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary (Kerala) Large
artifical lake; elephant, gaur, wild dog, black
langur, otters, tortoises, rich bird life
including hornbill and fishing owl. Viewing by
boat. Airports: Madurai 160km, Cochin 208km,
Trivandrum 258km. Railheads: Madurai, Kottayam
110kms, Bodinayakanur 67kms. Accommodation:
Choice of several nearby hotels.
Vedanthangal Water Birds Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu)
One of the most spectacular breeding grounds in
India. Cormorants, herons, storks, pelicans,
grebes and many others. Airport: Madras 85km.
Railhead: Chingleput 28km. Season:
October-March. Accommodation: Forest Resthouse.
Point Calimere Bird Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu)
Particularly noted for its flamingos, also for
herons, teals, curlews and plovers and black
buck and wild pig. Airport: Tiruchchirapalli
200km. Railhead: Point Calimere 0.5km. Season:
November-January. Accommodation: Forest
Resthouse.
Pulicat Bird
Sanctuary (Andhra Pradesh) Flamingos, grey
pelicans, herons, terns. Airport A Railhead:
Madras 60km. Accommodation: Available at Nellore.
Dandeli
National Park (Karnataka) Park with bison,
panther, tiger and sambar. Easily accessible
from Goa. Airport: Belgaum 142km. Railhead:
Alnaver 20km. Accommodation: Resthouse at Kulgi
Forest and Mandurli, and River View Bungalow at
Dandeli.
Jawahar National Park (This
includes Bandipur and Nagarhole National Parks (Karnataka), and the
Wildlife Sanctuaries of Mudumalai (Tamil Nadu) and Wayanad (Kerala).
Extensive mixed forest; largest elephant population in India,
leopard, gaur, sambar, muntjac, giant squirrel. Birds include
racquet-tailed drongo, trogon & barbet.
Bandipur (Karnataka) Airport:
Bangalore 190km. Railhead: Mysore 65km. Approachable from Coimbatore
and Ootacamund. Accommodation: Within the Park.
Krishnagiri Upavan National Park (Maharashtra)
Formerly known as Borvili, this park protects an important scenic
area close to Bombay. Kanheri Caves and Vihar, Tulsi and Powari
Lakes; water birds, smaller types of wildlife. Outdoor movie, nearby
Lion Safari Park. Airport: Bombay 20km. Railhead: Borvili 3km.
Season: October-June. Accommodation: Tourist Cabins.
Tadoba National Park (Maharashtra)
Teak forest and lake; tiger, leopard, nilgai, gaur. Viewing by
night. Airport: Nagpur 208km. Railhead: Chandrapur 45km. Season:
March-May. Accommodation: Within the Park.
Sasan Gir National Park (Gujarat)
Forested plains and lake; only home of Asiatic Lion, sambar,
chowsingha, nilgai, leopard, chinkara and wild boar Airport Rajkot
153km. Railhead: Sasan Gir 0,5km. Season: January-May.
Accommodation: Within the Park.
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
(Gujarat) Lake; migratory water birds; indigenous birds include
flamingos. Airport: Ahmedabad 64kms. Railhead: Viramgam 40km.
Season: November-February. Accommodation: Available near the lake.
Little Rann of Kutch Wildlife
Sanctuary (Gujarat) Desert; herds of khur (Indian wild ass), wolf,
caracal. Airport: Ahmedabad 195km. Railhead: Dhrangadhra 25km.
Season: October-June. Accommodation within the Sanctuary/Dhrangadhra.
Arrange access at Bhuj.
Velvadar National Park (Gujarat)
New Delta grasslands, large concentration of blackbuck. Airport A
Railhead: Bhavnagar 65km. Season: October- June. Accommodation:
Within the Park.
